Editing Mike Farrell (section)

==Activism==
[[File:Stabenow 060402farrell.jpg|thumb|left|Farrell and Senator [[Debbie Stabenow]] in 2002.]]
[[File:Farrell, Mike (2007 protest).jpg|upright|thumb|Farrell has worked on many activist campaigns.]]
Even before he was well-known, Farrell was an activist for many political and social causes. He was co-chair of the California [[Human Rights Watch]] for ten years, was on the Board of Advisors of the original [[Cult Awareness Network]], and has been president of [[Death Penalty Focus]] for more than 10 years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mikefarrell.org/activist/humanrights.html|title=Mike Farrell Online|publisher=Mikefarrell.org|date=March 1, 2004|access-date=May 17, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514142243/http://www.mikefarrell.org/activist/humanrights.html|archive-date=May 14, 2011}}</ref> being the first person to be awarded its Human Rights Award, subsequently named after him in 2006.  He received [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]]'s Humanitarian Award in 2001 and narrated a public service campaign for them about [[Cruelty to animals|animal abuse]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mike Farrell – Great Human Rights Activists|url=http://greathumanrightsactivists.com/mike-farrell/|access-date=November 24, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1985, Farrell was in Central America, helping refugees from the civil war in [[El Salvador]]. A guerrilla commander, [[:es:Nidia Díaz|Nidia Diaz]], had been taken prisoner. She needed surgery, but no Salvadoran doctor would help her, so Medical Aid for El Salvador recruited a foreign doctor. Farrell was present as an observer for [[Amnesty International]] but was, in his words, "shanghaied into assisting with the surgery" when the doctor said his help was needed.<ref>{{Cite web|last=MILLER|first=MARJORIE|date=August 11, 1985|title=TV Doctor From 'MASH' Scrubs Up For Salvador Surgery|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-11-mn-2820-story.html|access-date=November 30, 2021|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> The in-prison surgery was successful, and Diaz went on to be one of the signatories of the [[Chapultepec Peace Accords]], the peace treaty ending the war.

Farrell has been active in the [[Screen Actors Guild]]. In 2002 he was elected first vice president of the Guild in Los Angeles and served in the post for three years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.mikefarrell.org/bio.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811105753/http://www.mikefarrell.org/bio.html|archive-date=August 11, 2007|access-date=August 30, 2007|publisher=Mike Farrell Online}}</ref>

In 2006, Farrell appeared with [[Jello Biafra]] and [[Keith Gordon]] in the documentary ''Whose War?'', examining the U.S. role in the [[Iraq War]]. He also served on the advisory board of the [[Military Religious Freedom Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/about/foundation-voices/ | title=Foundation voices | publisher=Military Religious Freedom Foundation | access-date=December 18, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215102505/http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/about/foundation-voices/ | archive-date=December 15, 2014 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In 2014, Farrell workshopped a play by George Shea that brought [[Charles David Keeling]] and his scientific work on atmospheric {{CO2}} emissions to life.<ref name="Biggs 2019">{{cite web | last=Biggs | first=Julia | title='Dr. Keeling's Curve' starring TV star Farrell takes the stage at SIUE | website=Alton Telegraph | date=February 5, 2019 | url=https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/8216-Dr-Keeling-8217-s-Curve-8217-starring-13591091.php | access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref>

In 2016, after the US presidential election of [[Donald Trump]], Farrell appeared in a commercial to urge Republican electors to block Trump from becoming president by having 37 electors vote for [[John Kasich]] instead.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ZUmlQcw9UKo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20161217023844/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmlQcw9UKo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|last=Andrews|first=Jason|date=December 16, 2016|title=Tucker Carlson vs. actor Mike Farrell on 'unqualified' Trump|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmlQcw9UKo|website=Youtube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>